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  • Australian IT job market booming: portal CEO

    The Australian IT employment market has been claimed to be at its strongest ever, and is expected to strengthen further over the next 12 months, according to Chris Le Coic, CEO of Australian online employment portal CareersSites.

  • What’s hot and what’s not in today’s IT job market

    Thinking about your next career step? Well, one big trend that’s affecting certified and non-certified positions is that many large companies are getting around to deploying new technology again; something that had put on the back burner as they focused on complying with rules stemming from recent US legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

  • Aussie IT job market predicted to be tight this year

    The Australian IT job market will be fruitful this year with telecommunications engineers particularly sought after, recruiters say. While demand will outstrip supply, “opening the floodgates” to candidates from outside Australia isn’t the answer, some recruiters say.

  • High-tech jobs fell 51% in 2003

    Despite a fourth-quarter surge in job cuts in the telecommunications sector, high-tech job cuts declined last year to 228,325. That figure was 51% lower than the 468,161 cuts announced in 2002 by technology companies, which include computer, telecommunications, electronics and e-commerce firms, according to Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

  • Kiwi IT jobs up while US high-tech jobs fall

    Statistics New Zealand says the number of IT professionals employed in New Zealand has more than doubled since 1997 while in the US figures show half a million IT staff were laid off last year.

  • IT job picture remains bleak

    IT job seekers in the US should expect no relief through year-end, according to recent research reports that offer little hope of increased budgets and that say more jobs will be lost to overseas outsourcing.

  • Where the jobs are

    A Virginia mortgage investment firm is among US companies enjoying rich pickings as resumes fly in from IT workers laid off from local high-tech firms such as AOL Time Warner and WorldCom.

  • War, economic woes put drag on IT hires in US

    Weak business conditions and fears about the potential impact of a war with Iraq led many US companies to hold back on hiring IT employees during last year's fourth quarter, according to a report released this week.

  • Big outsourcing shift predicted for IT jobs

    A new report on the IT labour market predicts that 35% to 45% of full-time IT jobs in the US and Canada will be shifted to contractors, consultants, offshore technicians or part-time workers by 2005.

  • IT bosses expect jobs recovery

    The nation's IT managers expect little change in the size of their own IT departments, but show more optimism when asked about the wider IT jobs market.

  • Job market settles, but future remains uncertain

    The latest data suggest that the tech hiring slump in the US bottomed out during the second quarter of 2002. However, experts say, there's no evidence that hiring will rebound in the near future.

  • As 2002 dawns, job market has some bright signs

    So you think the most influential stories on the current IT employment market are layoffs, spending cuts, hiring slowdowns, canceled projects and anal-retentive CFOs? Don't get me wrong things are definitely tough. But it seems we're being spoon-fed a little too much gloom and doom.

  • Great work

    After chugging along through the late 1990s, the job market came to a screeching halt last year, throwing many people off. For at least the first half of 2002, those bruised and battered workers will have a hard time climbing back on board the job train.

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